Golf: A Great Move by Dubai, Sending Out Westwood, Kaymer and Woods Together

The organizers of Dubai Desert Classic has done what a lot more tournaments should do: They have put out the cream of the crop together on the first day of play. For as long as television has dominated golf, the golden rule has been to make some attractive TV-pairings, but at the same time to spread the top players between morning and afternoon draws. The theory has been that viewers would log on and... 

PGA Officiating From Home: Tim Finchem Encourages Call-In Penalties

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem went on the record earlier this week regarding players being penalized by fan phone-ins while watching television coverage. Finchem, while not taking an official stance on the practice, did encourage more calls of this kind in order to further enforce rules during tournaments. In doing so, the Commissioner has compromised the integrity of the game and is jeopardizing... 

2011 AT&T Pebble Bleach National Pro-Am Preview: It’s All About The Stars

When you think PGA Golf, you think of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. But when the PGA Tour heads to the Monterrey Peninsula for the AT&T Pebble Pro National Pro-Am this weekend, expect Mickelson, Singh, and company to be overshadowed by the celebrities. The format of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am features four rounds with each PGA golfer paired by an amateur. The first three rounds are rotated... 

Serena Williams Needs Fed Cup Play to Qualify for 2012 Olympics

Serena Williams has 13 Grand Slam titles to her credit and more money than any female tennis player before her. The only thing missing from her incredible legacy on the court is a gold medal in Olympic women’s singles. She reached the quarterfinals in 2008 and won the gold medal in doubles in 2000 and 2008. But if Williams is to have a shot at completing the Golden Slam in 2012, she’ll... 

Gael Monfils Leaves Pete Sampras a Legend in San Jose

Pete Sampras won the San Jose’s SAP Open titles back in 1996 and 1997. However, in his return in Monday’s exhibition match against Gael Monfils, the same results did not occur when he lost 7-6 (4), 6-4. Monfils is the acrobatic speedster of tennis and proved to be a hard contender for the former world No. 1. The first set was 40 minutes long and quite a fight and Sampras was able... 

SAP Open: High Seed Sam Querrey Falls to Lukas Lacko in San Jose

With Sam Querrey as the highest American seed in the draw at the SAP Open in San Jose on Tuesday night, it was shocking to see him fall to World No. 113 Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 7-6 (6), 6-3, while his fellow Americans James Blake, Michael Russell, Donald Young and wild card Tim Smyczek prevailed, despite their lower rankings. Querrey was the third seed and is ranked as... 

PGA Tour Predictions: 2011 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

For the second time this season, Mark Wilson finished on top of the leaderboard. Wilson won last week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, holding off Jason Dufner in a playoff. Wilson got his first win of the season at the Sony Open in Hawaii three weeks earlier. This week, the PGA Tour heads to Pebble Beach, California for the 2011 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Dustin Johnson took home the hardware... 

Tiger Woods: 10 Ways The Golfer Can Improve His Image

As Rick Reilly so elegantly put it, “Tiger Woods is the first person in history to run his car into a hydrant and set himself on fire.”  With 71 wins and 14 Major Championship wins on the PGA tour, 38 wins on the European tour, and all in just 14 years, Tiger Woods has done his best to enter the “Greatest Golfer of All-Time” discussion. He was considered a humble, down-to-earth... 

FIFA Insists Egyptian League Should Remain Suspended

FIFA, soccer’s world body, has advised the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), to maintain its suspension of all professional league matches until security in Egypt has been re-established. “FIFA set a condition that there must be sufficient security for players and fans before deciding to resume games,” EFA president Samir Zaher told CNN. “They also required that... 

Kim Clijsters Two Wins Away From World No. 1 Spot

Australian Open winner Kim Clijsters is two matches away from overtaking Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki as World No. 1. The 27-year-old, who is playing the Paris Indoors this week, is scheduled to meet Germany’s Kristina Barrois in the second round, and the draw should favor her into the semifinals. The Belgian, who just lead her team to the semifinals of the Fed Cup after defeating the USA,... 

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